Community support and resources

beyondblue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.

• Suicide Prevention - Supporting yourself or someone else
• Having a conversation with someone you're worried about

Black Dog Institute aims to reduce the incidence of mental illness and the stigma around it, to actively reduce suicide rates and empower everyone to live the most mentally healthy lives possible.

• Signs someone may be thinking about suicide
• Seeking help for suicide and self-harm

Conversations matter is a practical online resource to support safe and effective community discussions about suicide.

• Those bereaved by suicide
• Telling a child about suicide
• Group discussions about suicide
• When someone is thinking about suicide

Head to Health (H2H) provides information, resources, and services, no matter where you are on your mental health journey.

• Supporting yourself or someone else

Mindframe provides up-to-date, evidence-based information to support the reporting, portrayal and communication about suicide and mental illness.

• A Mindframe guide for consumers and carers
• A guide for speaking publicly about suicide

ReachOut is a leading online mental health organisation for young people and their parents.

• How to talk to someone if you're thinking about suicide
• How to support a suicidal friend
• How to cope with the suicide of a loved one
• Talk to your teenager about suicide

R U OK? encourages individuals to meaningfully connect with people around them and support anyone struggling with life.

• How to ask R U OK?
• How to ask staff R U OK?
• Classroom toolboxes

SANE Australia is a national mental health charity working to support four million Australians affected by complex mental illness.

• SANE factsheets and guides
• How to help when someone is suicidal
• Is someone close to you bereaved by suicide?

The Find a Psychologist™ service helps you to find a psychologist to suit your individual needs. The Find a Psychologist™ directory lists thousands of APS registered psychologists around Australia.